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605 - How to Win a Nobel Prize While Figuring out how the ENTIRE UNIVERSE WAS CREATED! With Brian Keating, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at University of California, San Diego

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

Business, Education

4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2020

⏱️ 114 minutes

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Summary

Or rather...how to lose one as well. And what happens when you come soclose...and then lose.

Brian Keating, Distinguished Professor of Physics at the Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences in the Department of Physics at the University of California and author of Losing The Nobel Prize. answered all my questions that I have about the universe, from Big Bang, to how big is the universe! We also talked about what really is The Nobel Prize? What does it mean if you win...and if you lose?

Also, please subscribe to Brian Keating’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/DrBrianKeating?sub_confirmation=1

Find Brian Keating’s book, Losing the Nobel Prize here: http://amazon.com

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0:00.0

This isn't your average business podcast and he's not your average host.

0:06.8

This is the James Altiger Show.

0:12.8

Today on the James Altiger Show.

0:16.1

What does it mean when something that you had as a goal all of your life since childhood

0:20.4

just crushed?

0:22.2

How do you deal with it?

0:23.8

How do we bounce back when we don't achieve them?

0:27.5

Such a great conversation with Brian Keating, super smart astrophysicist, came so close

0:35.0

to winning the Nobel Prize but wrote a book called Losing the Nobel Prize.

0:39.8

And he's trying to basically figure out how to see the big bang.

0:45.3

It's a fascinating story, fascinating topic.

0:48.7

Maybe soon he'll win it and then I can say I had a Nobel Prize winner on the podcast

0:52.8

but even without that, let's find out how to lose one.

0:56.2

Here's Brian Keating.

1:03.4

So happy to have on a super genius on the podcast.

1:07.8

Maybe he'll disagree, maybe he won't.

1:09.1

We'll find out.

1:10.1

He's going to explain the entire universe to us.

1:12.8

Brian Keating, author of the book, Losing the Nobel Prize and also a professor of physics

1:18.1

at University of California in San Diego.

1:21.3

Brian, welcome to the show.

1:22.6

Yeah, James.

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